Re: [Evolution] my 1st impression & what's missing

[Scott Richards <scott richardz verizon net>]

On Sat, 2009-02-28 at 10:02 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-02-27 at 23:11 +0100, de-a arcor de wrote:
> > 4A) Search missunderstandable. 

It took me a while to figure it out - Could be more intuitively laid
out. But I think it works GREAT!

> > 4D) You can not escape out of the search modus. That's very stupid.
> > Clicking on the left at any input directory 
> > will not END the search and you will not get displayed any E-Mails!!
>
> I think it works correctly. WHile composing your search you can select
> different messages from the message pane without wiping the search, but
> if you select a different fcolder from the folder pane the search is
> wiped. Why do you think this is wrong?

You escape the search by clicking the brush icon and wipe the search.
 
You probably 'click' on the mail you're searching on anyway, so a click
to end the search seems OK to me. However, with the cursor in the box
I'd expect the 'escape' key to end also.


> > 4H) Security button for Downloading IMAGES in emails. Sometimes there
> > are nice e-mails so you wanne see
> > the images. Especially when it comes from a "HOT CONTACT" ;)

View Images now Button for Clicking on. 
Keyboard shortcuts are always faster for those who type, but need
learning.

> You can configure Evo to automatically download images
> (Preferences->Mail Preferences->HTML Messages), or you can load them on
> demand (Ctrl-I). What is a "security button"?
>
> > 4I) Composing E-Mails is well done! Simple easy to use and not
> > overloaded!!!
 
> > 4J) Plugin engine should be opend up so everyone can program plugins
> > for it
>
> It's completely open, as is the rest of Evo. See
> http://www.go-evolution.org/EPlugin
>
> > e.g. Auto response or text pattern for standartized response E-Mails.

As an automaticly generated reply such as:  Out of office, Holiday
notifications, and 'Thank you for your Interest, We'll get back to you
later' responses.  
I thought Evo had this, but I can't find it either tonight. 

> You mean templates? Try Edit->Plugins->Templates (I've no idea how this
> works, but see
> http://beeznest.wordpress.com/2008/06/06/evolution-mail-reply-with-templates/)
>
> poc


Scott